But Maternal Aunt Hu's calm demeanor was shattered.
She said, "Second Miss, watch your words, there are things that cannot be spoken of in this house."
"So, that's why you have to pretend to have hysteria, feigning ignorance of the hidden truths, playing deaf and dumb, just to barely keep yourself alive. Yet you suffer the torment of a broken heart daily, unable to move on from your daughter's death," she glanced at the items on the table inside the room.
Miss Jiang the Eldest passed away young and was not allowed into the Jiang Family Ancestral Hall. Maternal Aunt Hu therefore kept Miss Jiang the Eldest's spiritual tablet in the house, offering prayers to it every day, and the space was always filled with the scent of incense candles. On the table were also some children's toys, like rattle-drums, revealing that Maternal Aunt Hu still held on in her heart to this day.
